24/04/2006

With ten films in official competition, four out of competition and ten in the Un certain Regard section, French sellers will have no less than 24 features in the official selection at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

At the top of the list is Wild Bunch, which has six films competing for the Palme d’Or: Charlie Said [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by France’s Nicole Garcia, Italy’s The Caiman [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jean Labadie
interview: Nanni Moretti
film profile] by Nanni Moretti and L'amico di famiglia (lit. “The Family Friend”) by Paolo Sorrentino, Southland Tales by US director Richard Kelly, Summer Palace by China’s Lou Ye and Pan’s Labyrinth [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]by Mexico’s Guillermo del Toro.

The company, headed by Vincent Maraval, is also setting its hopes on three features in the Un Certain Regard section: French film Murderers [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Patrick Grandperret, Ten Canoes by Rolf De Heer and Chronica de una fuga by Israel’s Adrian Caetano.

Films Distribution also have something to be happy about, with three films in official competition (Flanders [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Bruno Dumont, Days of Glory [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Jean Bréhat
interview: Rachid Bouchareb
film profile] by Rachid Bouchareb and The Weakest Are Always Right [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Lucas Belvaux) and another two in the Un Certain Regard section (Avida [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern and La Tourneuse De Pages [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Denis Dercourt
interview: Michel Saint-Jean
film profile] by Denis Dercourt).

Meanwhile, Celluloid Dreams is making the most of the international diversity of its acquisitions, with five of its features selected for official competition, as well as Bamako [+see also:
trailer
film profile] by Abderrahmane Sissako and Election 2 by Johnnie To out of competition, and Il Regista di matrimoni (lit. “The Wedding Director”) by Marco Bellocchio, Luxury Car by Wang Chao and Djamshed Usmonov’s To Get to Heaven First You Have to Die in the Un Certain Regard section.

Also in competition, EuropaCorp will present its The Singer [+see also:
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trailer
film profile] by Xavier Giannoli and Pyramide, Transylvania [+see also:
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film profile] by Tony Gatlif (out of competition) and Comment j'ai fêté la fin du monde [+see also:
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film profile] by Catalin Mitulescu (Un Certain Regard).

Lastly, StudioCanal will be selling La Californie [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Jacques Fieschi, while Les Films du Losange will seek buyers for Bled Number One [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] by Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche. Both films will be screened as part of Un Certain Regard.

(Translated from French)